The first big wave of solar and wind in Virginia
Dominion has launched its first 500 MW solicitation under a new state law that super-charges renewable energy procurement.
Origis sweeps up the 2nd-largest solar project in the South
The Miami-based developer and asset owner has acquired First Solar’s GA Solar 4 project, which clocks in at 200 MW-AC as the 2nd-largest solar project in the U.S. South and east of the Mississippi to date.
Wind+solar team push corporate buyers to support transmission
The Wind Solar Alliance has launched with a focus on driving renewable energy by shaping market rules related to utility procurements, and transmission planning. Their first report focuses on corporate renewable procurement, and its influence – and dependence – on transmission policy.
NextEra’s clean energy ambitions just keep getting bigger
The nation’s largest developer of wind and solar added 447 MW of solar and 120 MW of batteries to its backlog, as it delves deeper into energy storage.
Land secured for massive solar farm in Michigan
The project, developed by Ranger solar, would represent a 200% increase in Michigan’s entire installed capacity as a state by the time of its anticipated completion in 2020.
SunCast: Lance Li on drones and solar
In this latest episode of SunCast, host Nico Johnson talks drones, inspection and asset management with Lance Li of Aerospec.
100 MW of desert solar moving from developer to investor
D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments has acquired an under construction 100 MW solar power project being built by First Solar in Kern County, California, which will feature the large-format Series 6 module.
Onsite of North Providence, Rhode Island’s solar powered landfill – with PHOTOS
Southern Sky Renewables has delivered a 2.6 MW-DC solar power plant atop a sealed landfill, as one of the first utility-scale solar projects in the smallest state in the union. Rhode Island public officials from Governor Gina Raimondo to the local police force showed up for a literal ribbon cutting.
NV Energy looking for another 350 MW of large-scale renewables
The utility is expanding upon its procurement of 1 GW of solar with an new RFP for RPS-compliant renewables, which can include projects with integrated energy storage.
Peninsula Clean Energy goes big time with 200 MW-AC solar project
Clēnera broke ground on the Wright Solar Park today, the largest solar project to date to contract entirely with a Community Choice Aggregator. This comes as CCAs face new regulatory challenges.
